Terry Paulson, PhD is a psychologist, award-winning professional speaker, author of The Optimism Advantage: 50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results, and long-time columnist for the Ventura County Star. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 21 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Mon, 21 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ If you want to know what is wrong with the cost of education in America, look to some of the politicians you elected. We've been sold that cheap student loans are the answer to making education affordable. Nothing can... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/05/21/student_loan_help_makes_education_more_expensive 209d7ed6-9d7f-4de7-9c07-d69a52334e88 Mon, 21 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Have you ever wondered how President Obama's budget can be unanimously defeated by both the House (414-0) and the Senate (97-0) and how the U.S. Senate can go three years without submitting or passing a single budget... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/05/07/time_to_end_the_us_debt_accelerator_baseline_budgeting 62649bb8-8c09-465e-9284-aa239cfbfdca Mon, 07 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT With our Presidential candidates clear, there's no better issue to contrast our choice than energy policy. At MittRomney.com, Romney provides an energy plan for the future that balances economic growth and jobs, diver http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/04/23/your_energy_votescarcity_or_abundance dd72c066-378a-481b-92cf-2edb69b97dff Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Whether looking at the founding or the future of our country, faith matters. As millions of Americans rose on Easter Sunday to attend services on the most holy day in the Christian calendar, the Good News of God's love... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/04/09/faith_still_matters_in_america 0c312aaa-9f04-4090-97ac-99955c3985e7 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT When Paul Ryan delivered this year's proposed Republican budget, the political response was predictable and divided. Republicans saw it as a sober and necessary response to a president who has put America on a "path to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/03/26/true_change_takes_people_not_just_politicians fa3126c3-3e95-4169-aa5c-590d1631ccef Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT As with C.S. Lewis, I cannot disclose how this devilish, intercepted communication fell into my hands, but disclose it I must: Devil: Dear Graduate Wormwood, your bold move to take on America as your first... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/03/12/the_devil_made_me_do_it af44f175-556b-47b5-8907-3d8f6e6c363e Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT Mark: "My name is Mark. I'm here at Government Anonymous because I'm addicted...addicted to government aid." Leader: "Welcome Mark. What made you finally decide to come tonight?" Mark: "I've always had a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/02/27/government_anonymous f738a422-b65a-4569-82d0-af7f12b1836e Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:01:00 GMT "We the people," in many ways, get what we deserve from our politicians. When a leader changes her position, she's called a flip-flopper. When a misstatement is made, the snippet is played endlessly on YouTube to the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/02/13/the_dialogue_we_deserve 6c4a74f1-5383-420c-92a4-90301a63725e Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:01:00 GMT In President Obama's State of the Union Address, the president shared a quote by Abraham Lincoln that finally got Republicans to rise and applaud a core principle that America used to stand for: "You cannot help men... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/01/30/obamas_trickle_down_government eac35b55-4768-493c-81a5-ccd32a7099c1 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT Mitt Romney, fresh from victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, continues to attack President Obama and focus on how he has the business background to..."get America working again." But he can thank the Wall Street... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/01/16/bain_capitalboom_not_bust_for_romney 1460d185-3268-4c74-8a59-46e772b9b89c Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT Happy New Year! Welcome to one of the most critical years in America's history. The economy continues to limp along. Many citizens are unemployed or underemployed; even more are at the end of their financial rope.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2012/01/02/time_for_reagans_american_optimism 31b76d69-953a-4d0f-9f76-da2e1aed6e9b Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT Conservatives must be taking the wrong approach in getting the attention of American voters when comedians find that half of the people they interview on the street can't even name one Republican presidential candidate.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2011/12/19/the_lighter_side_of_conservative_truths 21b21f19-8f48-48de-8c93-204226a075a5 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT Early Wednesday morning, Homer Paulson--my dad, my hero, my encourager, my laughing buddy, my Mr. Fixit, and my model for faith and conservative living--died at the age of 93. Dad didn't take a lot of time to tell us... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2011/12/05/fathers_matter a59fb4c5-8add-4415-a034-9c0cd3f75682 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT Liberal politicians and the occupiers who are encamped in our cities are selling a discouraging story that the American Dream is dead and out of the reach for the average citizen without government actively engaging http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2011/11/21/long_live_the_american_dream b2670bc7-c9ed-4217-8402-1790216e0113 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:01:00 GMT At a recent National Speakers Association convention, agewave.com futurist Ken Dychtwald shared a startling fact, "Two-thirds of the people who have ever lived past 65 throughout history are alive today." That's not... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2011/11/07/avoiding_an_entitlement_nightmare_by_aging_responsibly e3eb8c89-235c-4285-b34b-5b23b087ed26 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:01:00 GMT